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{{Infobox Israel municipality |
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|image_caption =View of Tell as-Sabi from [[Tel Be'er Sheva]] |
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|arname=تل السبع |
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|founded=1967 |
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|district=south |
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|population=15,700 |
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|area_dunam=5000 |
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|mayor=Musa Abu Isa<ref>[http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/Government/Communiques/2011/PM_Netanyahu_meets_Negev_Bedouin_3-Nov-2011.htm PM Netanyahu meets with Negev Bedouin mayors] MFA, November 3, 2011</ref> |
|mayor =Musa Abu Isa<ref>[http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/Government/Communiques/2011/PM_Netanyahu_meets_Negev_Bedouin_3-Nov-2011.htm PM Netanyahu meets with Negev Bedouin mayors] MFA, November 3, 2011</ref> |
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'''Tell as-Sabi''' or '''Tel Sheva''' ({{lang-ar|تل السبع}}, {{lang-he-n|תֵּל שֶׁבַע}}) is a [[Bedouin]] town ([[local council (Israel)|local council]]) in the [[Southern District (Israel)|Southern District]] of [[Israel]], bordering the modern city of [[Beersheba|Be'er Sheba (Beersheba)]]. |
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Tell as-Sabi, the first Bedouin [[township]] in Israel, was founded in 1967<ref name=BenDavid>{{cite web|url=http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/MFAArchive/1990_1999/1999/7/The+Bedouin+in+Israel.htm|author=Dr. Yosef Ben-David|title=The Bedouin in Israel|publisher=Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs|date=1999-07-01}}</ref> as part of a government project to settle Bedouins in permanent settlements and became a local council in 1984. It is one of seven Bedouin townships in the [[Negev]] desert with approved plans and developed infrastructure. <ref>[http://www.justice.gov.il/NR/rdonlyres/898A7D08-2738-4A3D-8E2C-BE75689D7EF2/28810/IsraelsrepliestoCEDAWLOI61211.pdf State of Israel. Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Foreign Affairs. List of Issues to be taken up in Connection with the Consideration of Israel's Fourth and Fifth Periodic Reports of Israel (CEDAW/C/ISR/4 and CEDAW/C/ISR/5)]</ref> |
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==History== |
==History== |
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Israel has continued the policy of [[sedentarization]] of Negev Bedouins imposed by the Ottoman authorities, and at first it included regulation and re-location - during the 1950s Israel has re-located two-thirds of the Negev Bedouins into an area that was under a martial law.<ref name="Fridman" /> The next step was to establish seven townships built especially for Bedouins in order to sedentarize and [[Urbanization|urbanize]] them by offering them better life conditions, proper infrastructure and high quality public services in sanitation, health and education, and municipal services. The townships are [[Hura]], [[Lakiya]], [[Ar'arat an-Naqab]] (Ar'ara BaNegev), [[Shaqib al-Salam]] (Segev Shalom), [[Kuseife]] (Kseife) and the city of [[Rahat]], the largest among them. |
Israel has continued the policy of [[sedentarization]] of Negev Bedouins imposed by the Ottoman authorities, and at first it included regulation and re-location - during the 1950s Israel has re-located two-thirds of the Negev Bedouins into an area that was under a martial law.<ref name="Fridman" /> The next step was to establish seven townships built especially for Bedouins in order to sedentarize and [[Urbanization|urbanize]] them by offering them better life conditions, proper infrastructure and high quality public services in sanitation, health and education, and municipal services. The townships are [[Hura]], [[Lakiya]], [[Ar'arat an-Naqab]] (Ar'ara BaNegev), [[Shaqib al-Salam]] (Segev Shalom), [[Kuseife]] (Kseife) and the city of [[Rahat]], the largest among them. |
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But not all Bedouins agree to move from tents and structures built on the state lands into apartments prepared for them. In permanent planned villages like |
But not all Bedouins agree to move from tents and structures built on the state lands into apartments prepared for them. In permanent planned villages like Tell as-Sabi lives about 60% of Bedouin citizens of Israel, while the rest in illegal homes spread all over North Negev.<ref>[http://www.mmi.gov.il/static/HanhalaPirsumim/Beduin_information.pdf Bedouin information, ILA, 2007]</ref> |
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Since |
Since Tell as-Sabi was the first Bedouin township in Israel, many mistakes made by planners and government officials.<ref name="BenDavid" /> The authorities tried to learn from this while planning and building new Bedouin villages and towns. For example, creating an urban environment rather than a rural locality.<ref name="BenDavid" /> As of 2000, the town has been ranked lowest (1 out of 10) in socio-economic standing, with an average income of 3,237 [[Israeli new sheqel|shekel]]s to the national average's of 6,835. Only 43% of grade twelve students are eligible to graduate from high school. |
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==Demography== |
==Demography== |
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According to the [[Israel Central Bureau of Statistics]] (CBS), the population of |
According to the [[Israel Central Bureau of Statistics]] (CBS), the population of Tell as-Sabi was 15,700 in December 2010<ref name="CBS">{{cite web|url=http://www1.cbs.gov.il/shnaton62/st02_15.pdf|title=Statistical abstract of Israel 2011. POPULATION AND DENSITY PER SQ. KM. IN LOCALITIES NUMBERING 5,000 RESIDENTS AND MORE ON 31 XII 2010(1)|publisher=Israel Central Bureau of Statistics|accessdate=2010-12-31}}</ref> (13,000 in December 2005). Tell as-Sabi's jurisdiction is 5,000 [[dunam]]s (5 km²). |
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==Economy== |
==Economy== |
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Despite the fact that unemployment level among Negev Bedouins is high, there are several employment opportunities in the region. Several industrial parks are situated in the area - [[Ramat Hovav]], [[Hura#Industrial_park|Hura]], but the closest industrial zone to |
Despite the fact that unemployment level among Negev Bedouins is high, there are several employment opportunities in the region. Several industrial parks are situated in the area - [[Ramat Hovav]], [[Hura#Industrial_park|Hura]], but the closest industrial zone to Tell as-Sabi is situated in [[Beersheba]]. There are several organizations carrying out different activities aimed at supporting and expanding entrepreneurship in Israel's South in order to further integrate the 160,000 Bedouins living in the Negev into Israel's mainstream economy. They are primarily aimed at [[Negev Bedouin women|Bedouin women]]. |
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Twenty Arab-Bedouin women participated in a sewing course for fashion design at the Amal College in |
Twenty Arab-Bedouin women participated in a sewing course for fashion design at the Amal College in Be'er Sheva, including lessons on sewing and cutting, personal empowerment and business initiatives.<ref>[http://www.nisped.org.il/info/english/ajeec/programs/economy.htm Economic Empowerment. Arab-Bedouin Fashion Design]</ref>A number of Bedouin women have undergone professional botanical training and established a business producing a range of unique skin care products based on traditional Bedouin herbal medicine.<ref>[http://www.cjaed.org.il/Index.asp?CategoryID=183&ArticleID=353 Bedouin Projects. Asala]</ref> Their products include cosmetic and dermatological lotions, creams and ointments.<ref>[http://israel21c.org/social-action-2/israels-bedouin-women-turn-desert-plants-into-skin-remedies Israel's Bedouin women turn desert plants into skin remedies]</ref> Their products are manufactured at the laboratories of Hlavin, an international cosmetics manufacturer and exporter in Ra’anana.<ref>[http://www.isrealli.org/desert-beauty-bedouin-style Desert Beauty, Bedouin Style]</ref> |
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==Education== |
==Education== |
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==Sports== |
==Sports== |
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In |
In Tell as-Sabi there is a football team called Hapoel Tel Sheva, which is a member of the Israel Football Association.<ref>[http://eng.football.org.il/Clubs/Pages/TeamDetails.aspx?TEAM_ID=2160 Team details. HaPoel Tel Sheva] The Israel Football Association official site</ref> |
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==Notable residents== |
==Notable residents== |
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*Maryam Abu-Ghanem, the first female sports teacher in the Bedouin community<ref>[http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/the-bedouin-female-sports-teacher-that-shattered-all-stereotypes-1.417202 Ofer Aderet. The Bedouin female sports teacher that shattered all stereotypes] HaAretz, March 8, 2012</ref> |
* Maryam Abu-Ghanem, the first female sports teacher in the Bedouin community<ref>[http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/the-bedouin-female-sports-teacher-that-shattered-all-stereotypes-1.417202 Ofer Aderet. The Bedouin female sports teacher that shattered all stereotypes] HaAretz, March 8, 2012</ref> |
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* Mariam Abu Rakeek, entrepreneur, a founder of Bat HaMidbar (Desert Daughter), a home-based venture producing oils, lotions, and herbs<ref>[http://negevnectars.com/mariam-abu-rakeek/ Farmers of the Negev. Mariam Abu Rakeek]</ref> She was the first Israeli Bedouin woman to study abroad.<ref>[http://www.jpost.com/Israel/Article.aspx?id=163798 Greer Fay Cashman. Bedouin women tell Peres of breaking glass ceiling] Jerusalem Post, December 21, 2009</ref> |
* Mariam Abu Rakeek, entrepreneur, a founder of Bat HaMidbar (Desert Daughter), a home-based venture producing oils, lotions, and herbs<ref>[http://negevnectars.com/mariam-abu-rakeek/ Farmers of the Negev. Mariam Abu Rakeek]</ref> She was the first Israeli Bedouin woman to study abroad.<ref>[http://www.jpost.com/Israel/Article.aspx?id=163798 Greer Fay Cashman. Bedouin women tell Peres of breaking glass ceiling] Jerusalem Post, December 21, 2009</ref> |
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* Sana Elbaz, the head of the first of its kind |
* Sana Elbaz, the head of the first daycare center of its kind in Israel's Bedouin sector, who has led a revolutionary educational program and brought about changes in the Bedouin society. She has lit a celebratory torch at Israel's 60th anniversary ceremony of 2008 in Jerusalem.<ref>[http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3540753,00.html State of Israel turns 60] Ynet, 2008-05-08</ref> |
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==See also== |
==See also== |
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Revision as of 04:32, 1 May 2015
- Tel Sheva redirects here. For the UNESCO World Heritage Site see Tel Be'er Sheva
Template:Infobox Israel municipality
Tell as-Sabi or Tel Sheva (Template:Lang-ar, Template:Lang-he-n) is a Bedouin town (local council) in the Southern District of Israel, bordering the modern city of Be'er Sheba (Beersheba).
Tell as-Sabi, the first Bedouin township in Israel, was founded in 1967[1] as part of a government project to settle Bedouins in permanent settlements and became a local council in 1984. It is one of seven Bedouin townships in the Negev desert with approved plans and developed infrastructure. [2]
History
Prior to the establishment of Israel, the Negev Bedouins were a semi-nomadic society that had been through a process of sedentariness since the Ottoman rule of the region. Most researches agree that Bedouins arrived to the Negev around 1800 AD, but there is evidence of earlier migrations as well.[3]
During the British Mandate period, the administration did not provide a legal frame to justify and preserve lands’ ownership. In order to settle this issue, Israel’s land policy was adapted to a large extent from the Ottoman land regulations of 1858 as the only preceding legal frame. Thus Israel nationalized most of the Negev lands using the state’s land regulations from 1969.[3]
Israel has continued the policy of sedentarization of Negev Bedouins imposed by the Ottoman authorities, and at first it included regulation and re-location - during the 1950s Israel has re-located two-thirds of the Negev Bedouins into an area that was under a martial law.[3] The next step was to establish seven townships built especially for Bedouins in order to sedentarize and urbanize them by offering them better life conditions, proper infrastructure and high quality public services in sanitation, health and education, and municipal services. The townships are Hura, Lakiya, Ar'arat an-Naqab (Ar'ara BaNegev), Shaqib al-Salam (Segev Shalom), Kuseife (Kseife) and the city of Rahat, the largest among them.
But not all Bedouins agree to move from tents and structures built on the state lands into apartments prepared for them. In permanent planned villages like Tell as-Sabi lives about 60% of Bedouin citizens of Israel, while the rest in illegal homes spread all over North Negev.[4]
Since Tell as-Sabi was the first Bedouin township in Israel, many mistakes made by planners and government officials.[1] The authorities tried to learn from this while planning and building new Bedouin villages and towns. For example, creating an urban environment rather than a rural locality.[1] As of 2000, the town has been ranked lowest (1 out of 10) in socio-economic standing, with an average income of 3,237 shekels to the national average's of 6,835. Only 43% of grade twelve students are eligible to graduate from high school.
Demography
According to the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), the population of Tell as-Sabi was 15,700 in December 2010[5] (13,000 in December 2005). Tell as-Sabi's jurisdiction is 5,000 dunams (5 km²).
Economy
Despite the fact that unemployment level among Negev Bedouins is high, there are several employment opportunities in the region. Several industrial parks are situated in the area - Ramat Hovav, Hura, but the closest industrial zone to Tell as-Sabi is situated in Beersheba. There are several organizations carrying out different activities aimed at supporting and expanding entrepreneurship in Israel's South in order to further integrate the 160,000 Bedouins living in the Negev into Israel's mainstream economy. They are primarily aimed at Bedouin women.
Twenty Arab-Bedouin women participated in a sewing course for fashion design at the Amal College in Be'er Sheva, including lessons on sewing and cutting, personal empowerment and business initiatives.[6]A number of Bedouin women have undergone professional botanical training and established a business producing a range of unique skin care products based on traditional Bedouin herbal medicine.[7] Their products include cosmetic and dermatological lotions, creams and ointments.[8] Their products are manufactured at the laboratories of Hlavin, an international cosmetics manufacturer and exporter in Ra’anana.[9]
Education
There is a number of schools in the township and a communal activity center.
Sports
In Tell as-Sabi there is a football team called Hapoel Tel Sheva, which is a member of the Israel Football Association.[10]
Notable residents
- Maryam Abu-Ghanem, the first female sports teacher in the Bedouin community[11]
- Mariam Abu Rakeek, entrepreneur, a founder of Bat HaMidbar (Desert Daughter), a home-based venture producing oils, lotions, and herbs[12] She was the first Israeli Bedouin woman to study abroad.[13]
- Sana Elbaz, the head of the first daycare center of its kind in Israel's Bedouin sector, who has led a revolutionary educational program and brought about changes in the Bedouin society. She has lit a celebratory torch at Israel's 60th anniversary ceremony of 2008 in Jerusalem.[14]
See also
References
- ^ a b c Dr. Yosef Ben-David (1999-07-01). "The Bedouin in Israel". Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
- ^ State of Israel. Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Foreign Affairs. List of Issues to be taken up in Connection with the Consideration of Israel's Fourth and Fifth Periodic Reports of Israel (CEDAW/C/ISR/4 and CEDAW/C/ISR/5)
- ^ a b c Dor Fridman. "About the Negev Bedouins". LocalEconomySeminar.
- ^ Bedouin information, ILA, 2007
- ^ "Statistical abstract of Israel 2011. POPULATION AND DENSITY PER SQ. KM. IN LOCALITIES NUMBERING 5,000 RESIDENTS AND MORE ON 31 XII 2010(1)" (PDF). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 2010-12-31.
- ^ Economic Empowerment. Arab-Bedouin Fashion Design
- ^ Bedouin Projects. Asala
- ^ Israel's Bedouin women turn desert plants into skin remedies
- ^ Desert Beauty, Bedouin Style
- ^ Team details. HaPoel Tel Sheva The Israel Football Association official site
- ^ Ofer Aderet. The Bedouin female sports teacher that shattered all stereotypes HaAretz, March 8, 2012
- ^ Farmers of the Negev. Mariam Abu Rakeek
- ^ Greer Fay Cashman. Bedouin women tell Peres of breaking glass ceiling Jerusalem Post, December 21, 2009
- ^ State of Israel turns 60 Ynet, 2008-05-08
External links
- Lands of the Negev, a short film presented by Israel Land Administration describing the challenges faced in providing land management and infrastructure to the Bedouins in Israel's southern Negev region
